Welcome to my blog! This shale blog is meant for people interested in keeping up on the latest shale news across the USA & Canada. With higher oil and natural gas prices, discovering have been on fire. The Eagle Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Bakken Shale, Niobrara Shale, and the Marcellus Shale have really produced giant wells and the interest keeps coming. Mineral rights leases are doing incredible!

www.oilshalegas.com has researched the following shale fields in the USA & Canada. Click below to learn more.

The Waerstad #3, located in Red River Parish, LA (Sec 1, T14N, R12W) was placed onproduction on November 13, 2008 at an initial rate of 16 million cubic feet of natural gas per day(MMcfd) on a 23/64 inch choke with 6,400 pounds per square inch flowing casing pressure.Eight fracture stimulation stages were pumped in the 3,234 foot horizontal lateral. Questar E&Phas a 100% working interest in the Waerstad #3 well.

The Wiggins 36 H - #1, located in Bienville Parish, LA (Sec 36, T15N, R10W) wasplaced on production on November 16, 2008, at an initial rate of 7.4 MMcfd on a 22/64 inchchoke with 5,450 pounds per square inch flowing casing pressure. Nine fracture stimulationstages were pumped in the 3,455 foot horizontal lateral. Questar E&P has a 62% working interest in the Wiggins 36H- #1 well.

Questar E&P is currently drilling two additional company-operated Haynesvillehorizontal wells and is participating in four outside-operated Haynesville horizontal wells that are in various stages of progress. Questar E&P has approximately 31,000 net acres ofHaynesville Shale leasehold in the Elm Grove, Woodardville and Thorn Lake areas of NorthwestLouisiana.